sexton
Syllables: sex·ton/ˈsɛk.stən/
sexton noun: a church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
Noun
sexton (plural sextons)
- A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
- The whole village poured out to gaze on these Asiatic princes, for such the old sexton, who had in his youth been at Moscow and Constantinople, said they were.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 312
- on that same night, Mr Haredale, having strongly bound his prisoner, with the assistance of the sexton, and forced him to mount his horse, conducted him to Chigwell1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 61.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- sacristan
- A sexton beetle.
Proper noun capitalized: Sexton
Sexton (plural Sextons)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
sexton meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
sexton in Hindi
- सेक्सटन, सेक्स्टन
sexton in Tamil
- திருக்கோயில் மணிப்பணியாள்
sexton in Marathi
- सेक्सटन, सेक्स्टन
sexton in Bengali
- সেক্সটন
More languagesFewer languages
- sexton in Telugu
- సెక్స్టన్
- sexton in Malayalam
- കപ്യാർ kapyāṟ
- sexton in Kannada
- ಸೆಕ್ಸ್ಟನ್
- sexton in Odia
- ସେକ୍ସଟନ୍, ସେକ୍ସଟନ, ସେକ୍ସ୍ଟନ୍
- sexton in Nepali
- सेक्सटन, सेक्स्टन
Synonyms of sexton
Forms of sexton
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sextons |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sextons |
| alternative form | Sexson |
Origin of sexton
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.
Words formed from sexton
Phrases with sexton
Words that rhyme with sexton
Questions about sexton
- What does sexton mean?
- Sexton means a church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
- What is sexton in Hindi?
- Sexton in Hindi is सेक्सटन, सेक्स्टन. See Sexton meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sexton?
- Sexton can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sexton?
- Sexton is pronounced /ˈsɛk.stən/.
- What is the plural of sexton?
- The plural of sexton is sextons.
Words near sexton in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexton (page history and authors); Sexton (page history and authors); sexton (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexton (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sexton (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexton (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexton (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexton (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexton (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexton (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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